Using Audio and Video Cables With Television Systems

When new televisions are bought no one really considers the cables for audio and video. Often the new TV is brought home and then it's discovered they don't have the right cables to acheive the clarity in picture or sound. It's become even more complicated with the addition of HDTV, specialized video gaming setups and digital satellite.

The premier offering in cables today is the HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) cable which contains digital format in a 19 pin connector. This simplifies connections because it is both high def video and quality audio that connects to TV from cable box or satellite, BluRay player or HD video game systems in a plug and play solution. They are more expensive but they're so easy to use it makes it worth it. DVI (Digital Video Interface) cables were the previous standard before HDMI, which is backward compatible with DVI, But DVI is now older and is only video capable so it lacks the audio.

The next older standard is Component Video cables which are only video and analog, but they can carry an HD signal to a HDTV. This one is becoming less and less popular because of the analog aspect and it doesn't support Digital Rights Management (read copy protection) that is supported by DVI and HDMI. Component Video cables have three RCA connectors with different colors, blue, red and green which are what color that cable supports.

S-Video is an even older standard that features a special 4-pin connector. S-Video cables sometimes come with the standard red and white RCA connectors for audio. When it was first commercially introduced in the 1980s, S-Video provided a superior video signal than composite video and was the state of the art until the advent of the Component Video standard. The oldest standard, Composite video cables feature a yellow RCA connector and are sometime combined with the red and white audio cables. They should only be used when connecting a television to older VCRs or DVDs.

If a consumer is using DVI or Component video cabling in an HD system, some form of digital audio cable will be necessary to get the best sound quality as compared to the standard red and white RCA audio connectors. In most cases, this is accomplished using a digital fiber-optic cable, although some digital audio connections use a different type of RCA connector.

You must go to uglycable.com today to view their great inventory for your home theater system. They have all the components at a great price such as all your necessary cables and the plasma bracket for your new plasma HDTV. Let the representatives at uglycable.com help you in setting up your ultimate surround sound home theater system.